What 쇠 means
Alone 쇠 means iron or metal; 쇠- means “of the cow.”
쇠고기 and 쇠가죽 mean beef and cowhide. Both 쇠고기 and 소고기 are standard: 쇠- preserves an older possessive form, while 소- joins directly to 고기.
Historical compounds show practical metal vocabulary, and older glossing connects its native reading to 金. The Sino-Korean 철 specifically names iron. Copy it from the palette above.
Questions people ask
1Why are 쇠고기 and 소고기 both correct?
Both are standard. 쇠고기 keeps the older “of the cow” construction; 소고기 combines 소 “cow” directly with 고기 “meat.”
How to type 쇠
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType C1E0, then Alt+X to get 쇠.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “hangul syllable soe”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType c1e0, then Enter or Space.
HTML
쇠CSS
\C1E0Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
쇠
HTML hex
쇠
CSS content
content: "\C1E0";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%87%A0
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.